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The following is based on the topic outline found in the AP US History "Acorn Guide". Although it is not necessarily exactly what you need to know for the exam, it will provide you with an "idea" of what you are reading for (while taking "Fresh Notes," of course).

23. The United States and the Early Cold War
  • Diplomatic strategies and policies of the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations

24. The 1950s
  • Emergence of the modern civil rights movement
  • The affluent society and "the other America"
  • Consensus and conformity: suburbia and middle-class America
  • Social critics, nonconformists, and cultural rebels
  • Impact of changes in science, technolofy, and medicine

Kennedy Chapters for this Segment

  • Chapter 38 - The Eisenhower Era (pages 887-915)

The "New York" Quiz Questions for this section


Kennedy Exam Multiple Choice Questions for this section


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